Austria 1928 25 schilling
This specimen was lot 2348 in Künker sale 439 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €750 (about US$1,032 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"REPUBLIK ÖSTERREICH, 1. Republik, 1918-1938. 25 Schilling 1928, Wien. 5,29 g Feingold. GOLD. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (first republic of Austria, 1918-38, twenty-five schilling of 1928, Vienna mint. extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
The SCWC, which lists this type for 1926-34, does not price this coin except in uncirculated, suggesting that it spent its life in bank vaults before entering the collector market.
Recorded mintage: 134,041.
Specification: 5.88 g, 0.900 fine gold, 21 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by Arnold Hartig.
Catalog reference: KM 2841, Fr-521; J. 436; Schl. 689.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Herinek, Gerhard, Austria Münzkatalog: Munzen ab 1745 und Banknoten ab 1759, 49. Auflage, Vienna: Christine Steyrer Verlag, 2022.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 439: Gold Coins from around the world, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Malta and Saxony | German Coins after 1871 including Coins from the Collection of Jürgen and Erika Schmidt, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
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